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Affliction

  • 1997
  • R
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
22K
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James Coburn and Nick Nolte in Affliction (1997)
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A deeply troubled small-town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while other events jeopardize his sanity.A deeply troubled small-town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while other events jeopardize his sanity.A deeply troubled small-town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while other events jeopardize his sanity.

  • Director
    • Paul Schrader
  • Writers
    • Russell Banks
    • Paul Schrader
  • Stars
    • Nick Nolte
    • Sissy Spacek
    • James Coburn
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    22K
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    • Director
      • Paul Schrader
    • Writers
      • Russell Banks
      • Paul Schrader
    • Stars
      • Nick Nolte
      • Sissy Spacek
      • James Coburn
    • 225User reviews
    • 75Critic reviews
    • 79Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 8 wins & 19 nominations total

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    Nick Nolte
    Nick Nolte
    • Wade Whitehouse
    Sissy Spacek
    Sissy Spacek
    • Margie Fogg
    James Coburn
    James Coburn
    • Glen Whitehouse
    Brigid Tierney
    Brigid Tierney
    • Jill Whitehouse
    Holmes Osborne
    Holmes Osborne
    • Gordon LaRiviere
    Jim True-Frost
    Jim True-Frost
    • Jack Hewitt
    • (as Jim True)
    Tim Post
    Tim Post
    • Chick Ward
    Christopher Heyerdahl
    Christopher Heyerdahl
    • Frankie Lacoy
    • (as a different name)
    Marian Seldes
    Marian Seldes
    • Alma Pittman
    Janine Theriault
    Janine Theriault
    • Hettie Rogers
    Mary Beth Hurt
    Mary Beth Hurt
    • Lillian Horner
    Paul Stewart
    • Mr. Horner
    Wayne Robson
    Wayne Robson
    • Nick Wickham
    Sean McCann
    Sean McCann
    • Evan Twombley
    Sheena Larkin
    Sheena Larkin
    • Lugene Brooks
    Penny Mancuso
    • Woman Driver
    Danielle Desormeaux
    • Elaine
    Charles Edwin Powell
    Charles Edwin Powell
    • Jimmy Dane
    • (as Charles Powell)
    • Director
      • Paul Schrader
    • Writers
      • Russell Banks
      • Paul Schrader
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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      When meeting with James Coburn to discuss the film, director Paul Schrader encouraged Coburn to make heavy preparations for his role. Coburn responded "Oh, you mean you want me to really act? I can do that. I haven't often been asked to, but I can."
    • Goofs
      Filmed in Quebec, in January and February 1997, the movie, which happens in a New Hampshire town, opens on Halloween day, late October. There is never that much snow on the ground, if at all, late October, in New Hampshire (or Quebec for that matter).
    • Quotes
      • Rolfe Whitehouse: [Last lines] The historical facts are known by everyone. All of Lawford, all of New Hampshire, some of Massachusetts. Facts do not make history. Our stories, Wade's and mine, describe the lives of the boys and men for thousands of years: boys who were beaten by their fathers, whose capacity for love and trust was crippled almost at birth, men whose best hope for connection with other human beings lay in detachment, as if life were over. It's how we keep from destroying in turn our own children and terrorizing the women who have the misfortune to love us; how we absent ourselves from the tradition of male violence; how we decline the seduction of revenge. Jack's truck turned up three days later in a shopping mall in Toronto. Wade killed Jack, just as surely as Jack did not kill Evan Twombley, even accidentally. The link between Jack and Twombley, LaRiviere and Mel Gordon existed only in Wade's wild imaginings. And briefly, I admit, in mine as well. LaRiviere and Mel Gordon were indeed in business. The Parker Mountain Ski Resort is now advertised across the country. The community of Lawford, as such, no longer exists. It is an economic zone between Littleton and Catamount. The house is still in Wade's name, and I keep paying taxes on it. It remains empty. Now and then, I drive out there and sit in my car, and wonder, why not let it go? Why not let LaRiviere buy it and build the condominiums he wants there? We want to believe Wade died that same November, froze to death on a bench or a sidewalk. You cannot understand how a man, a normal man, a man like you and me, could do such a terrible thing. Unless the police happen to arrest a vagrant who turns out to be Wade Whitehouse, there will be no more mention of him. Or his friend, Jack Hewitt. Or our father. The story will be over, except that I continue.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper: You've Got Mail/Down in the Delta/The Thin Red Line/A Civil Action/Affliction (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Open the Door to Your Heart
      Written by Ned Miller
      Performed by Bonnie Guitar
      Used by permission of Dandelion Music Co.
      Courtesy of Bear Family Records
      [Plays in the bar while Wade talks to his friend and hears the people at the nearby table gossiping about him.]

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    Details

    • Release date
      • February 19, 1999 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
      • Japan
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dias de Furia
    • Filming locations
      • Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • JVC Entertainment Networks
      • Kingsgate Films
      • Largo Entertainment
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    Box office

    • Budget
      • $6,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,330,054
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $63,979
      • Jan 3, 1999
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,330,054
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 54m(114 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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